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Vons Hours And Locations for California

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Vons, the Start-Up

Downtown Los Angeles was essentially a small town
when Charles Von der Ahe opened his 20-foot wide Groceteria on the
corner of 7th and Figueroa in 1906 with $1,200 in savings. It was a
neighborhood store that catered to the needs of local families,
where Von der Ahe pioneered "cash and carry" as an alternative to
"charge and delivery." His formula proved so successful that by
1928 Vons had expanded to 87 stores. Charles Von der Ahe sold his
chain the following
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